Size Does Matter

The handy chart on this page shows you exactly what your presidential vote is worth in the electoral college, which was designed to prevent the majority of the population from having an advantage over the minority. In Congress, this was achieved by balancing the majority-friendly House with the minority-friendly Senate, but it seems to be a crap idea when applied to a branch of government that essentially consists of one head and his hand-picked appointees.The premise of the chart is that Wyoming, with the smallest population, gets one vote per person, and everyone else is measured proportionately. So if you live in NY or NJ, you count as 41 percent of a Wyoman (Wyomer? Wyomian? Redneck?).Queens natives Simon and Garfunkel weigh in. florida discount health care outdoor villa lighting wiley x cheap spanish holiday